Active Conflicts & News Megathread August 25, 2025

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Ukrainian attack drone parts found in Estonian field | ERR

A Ukrainian attack drone crashed and exploded in a field in Estonia, likely due to GPS jamming, during Sunday’s attack on Ust-Luga. As nobody got hurt and it was not a Russian drone the general sentiment seems to be that shit happens. The crash site is ~200km from Ust-Luga.

Flight path is unknown or not publicly acknowledged at least, I wonder where it launched from. There was another drone that was monitored by the border guard that crashed on the russian side.

This is the first time a drone crashes here, there have been multiple incidents in the Baltics with Russian Shahed/Gerberas from Belarus, recently in Lithuania and last year in Latvia.